Czech World Superbike Results FP2: Razgatlioglu fastest, Gardner rises to P2

Results from Free Practice 2, round eight of the 2023 World Superbike championship at Most, Czech Republic.

28 Jul 2023

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Yamaha World Superbike Most 2023

With limited dry running in FP1, riders made sure to make the most of the improved conditions at the start of Practice 2.

However, Garrett Gerloff ran into immediate trouble as he was seen travelling through the gravel before returning to pit lane.

There were more problems for BMW as Michael Van Der Mark then suffered a crash on his second flying lap.

Eric Granado was the next rider to run through the gravel, although it wasn’t a technical issue as was the case for Gerloff.

With lap times already quicker than FP1, Alex Lowes was fastest before seeing teammate Jonathan Rea break underneath the 1m 33s barrier.

Following his early scare, Granado then became the second rider to suffer a crash a couple of laps later.

Also suffering issues with his machine, Bautista was still in the Ducati garage with a third of the session as his mechanics worked on the underneath of his Panigale V4 R.

Continuing BMW’s strong start to the weekend, Gerloff put his M 1000 RR into third after overcoming problems at the beginning of FP2. One place further back was Scott Redding while Loris Baz was fifth.

Toprak Razgatlioglu and Bautista began to show thair pace with half the session remaining as they moved into the top five, however, Rea’s early time remained out of reach.

Alex Lowes, who was still second fastest, suffered a crash before managing to get his bike back to pit lane.

Threatening to go quickest, Philipp Oettl lost time in sector three and was unable to do so, however, Razgatlioglu had no such issues as he blasted hsi way to the top by half a second.

Razgatlioglu then improved again but it wasn’t enough to open up a sizable advantage as Remy Gardner went second, less than a tenth down.

Lowes then suffered a second fall with just a few minutes remaining, which put an end to his session.

As Bautista pushed his luck on the entry to turn one, Dominique Aegerter did the same but lost the front-end of his Yamaha.

2023 World Superbike Most, Czech Republic - Free Practice (2) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	1:32.367s
2	Remy Gardner	AUS	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+0.012s
3	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Barni Spark Racing Team	+0.104s
4	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.193s
5	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+0.244s
6	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.287s
7	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+0.439s
8	Dominique Aegerter	SWI	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+0.519s
9	Scott Redding	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+0.523s
10	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+0.525s
11	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+0.604s
12	Garrett Gerloff	USA	Bonovo Action BMW	+0.691s
13	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+0.741s
14	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+0.968s
15	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+0.976s
16	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+1.034s
17	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	GMT94 Yamaha	+1.078s
18	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+2.153s
19	Tito Rabat	SPA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+2.267s
20	Isaac Vinales	SPA	TPR by Vinales Racing	+2.300s
21	Hannes Soomer	EST	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+2.611s
22	Roberto Tamburini	ITA	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+3.688s
23	Eric Granado	BRA	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+3.709s
24	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+11.848s